[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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                           UNFUNDED MANDATES

  Mr. KEMPTHORNE. Will the majority leader yield for a question?
  Mr. MITCHELL. Yes; certainly, I yield to the Senator.
  Mr. KEMPTHORNE. I would like to ask our distinguished majority 
leader, it is my understanding that S. 993, the unfunded mandates 
legislation, is the underlying pending business. Can you give me what 
the intent will be, when we come in tomorrow and we deal with the other 
business, how we will deal with S. 993?
  Mr. MITCHELL. Well, as the Senator knows, I support S. 933, the 
unfunded mandates bill, and moved to bring the bill before the Senate. 
Unfortunately, several amendments were offered to it and there are now, 
I believe, three amendments pending to the bill.
  When we return tomorrow, we will first have to vote on the motion to 
end the filibuster on the California Desert Protection Act. Then, under 
an order, when we dispose of that, we will proceed to vote on one of 
the three nominations, and then two further filibusters will remain in 
place with respect to two pending nominations.
  I do not know now and have no present way of knowing how long those 
will go on. I hope it will not be days, but it could be. Following 
disposition of those, I will then consult with the distinguished 
Republican leader before making any decisions with respect to the 
schedule further.
  I wish we could pass the unfunded mandates bill.
  Mr. KEMPTHORNE. I thank the majority leader.
  I just note that we do have 67 Senators who are cosponsors of the 
bill, so two-thirds of the Senate support in joining you in saying we 
should pass this bill before we adjourn.
  Mr. MITCHELL. I sure hope so. I should say to the Senator, we had 
another bill on our side on which we had 99 Senators for it and we were 
not able to pass that. So sometimes that happens.

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